Chuy's Holdings, Inc. is an American Tex-Mex restaurant chain founded in 1982 in Austin, Texas, by Mike Young and John Zapp.
[3] As of July 2024, Chuy's had 101 restaurants across 15 states in Arkansas, Louisiana, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Indiana, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
[5] A second outside of Texas opened in March 2010 in Murfreesboro TN, followed that summer by locations in Birmingham AL and Louisville KY. On July 24, 2012, Chuy's went public with a $75.8 million dollar IPO.
[5] In July 2024, Darden Restaurants agreed to acquire Chuy's in an all-cash deal valued at $605 million.
[14] Chuy's serves Tex-Mex cuisine, such as enchiladas, fajitas, tacos, and burritos as well as alcoholic cocktails.